linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: bridge: make kobj

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:40:52 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: bridge: make kobj_type structure
 constant

On 14/02/2023 06:23, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Since commit ee6d3dd4ed48 ("driver core: make kobj_type constant.")
> the driver core allows the usage of const struct kobj_type.
> 
> Take advantage of this to constify the structure definition to prevent
> modification at runtime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_if.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
> index ad13b48e3e08..24f01ff113f0 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void brport_get_ownership(const struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t *uid, kgid_t
>  	net_ns_get_ownership(dev_net(p->dev), uid, gid);
>  }
>  
> -static struct kobj_type brport_ktype = {
> +static const struct kobj_type brport_ktype = {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
>  	.sysfs_ops = &brport_sysfs_ops,
>  #endif
> 

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>